Great rendition of a great classic.

The story is classic, beautifully woven together in an expansive narrative (conveniently long for many hours of enjoyment) full of adventure, tragedy, revenge but also comedy and hope.

The narrator has a very enjoyable voice, and through his expression gives additional life to the story far beyond reading. For example, I found that the narrator renders the full impact of the funnier scenes, causing outright laughter.

I chose this book to test out audiobooks. I was unsure of the format, but thought the poetic writing style of Dumas would lend itself to being read aloud. My expectations were far exceeded, and this book has rescued tedious hours folding laundry or and executing simple but time consuming tasks at work.

Great story.

Beginning of the book was brilliant but the second part, Paris stay, is somehow a bit more slow or heavy to listen. Performance is always very good. I'll buy Tome 2 right now. Enjoy this book :-)

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12-19-15

Suspenseful!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes - who knew that Dumas had written such a suspenseful and exciting novel? After having read The Three Musketeers I had no appreciation of his artistic flair, that of the thriller. Excited and can hardly wait for Part 2 to be available on Audible. This truly defines the saying: to wait with bated breath.

What does Éric Herson-Macarel bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?